Toms River, NJ, 11/11/12 ----Mark Ciullo, 62, and his wife Deborah, 57, Toms River, NJ, check out book, Great Storms of the Jersey Shore, they found intact at their house on Bay Breeze Drive in Toms River, NJ. The house sustained major flood damage from Hurricanne Sandy. Robert Ward / Asbury Park Press, NJ / Robert Ward / Staff Photographer

Toms River, NJ, 11/11/12 ----Mark Ciullo, 62, and his wife Deborah, 57, Toms River, NJ, check out book, Great Storms of the Jersey Shore, they found intact at their house on Bay Breeze Drive in Toms River, NJ. The house sustained major flood damage from Hurricanne Sandy. Robert Ward / Asbury Park Press, NJ / Robert Ward / Staff Photographer

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TOMS RIVER — Deborah Ciullo found irony among the ruined possessions in her home.

But it didn’t hit her right away. It was only after clambering through the upturned furniture and wooden boards strewn throughout the living room.

It happened after she pushed her way into the hybrid office and laundry room. She found a book: “Great Storms of the Jersey Shore” by Larry Savadove and Margaret Thomas Buchholz.

“It was so ironic that I had bought that and was so fascinated with it and never thought it would happen to us,” she said.

Ciullo, 57, living with her husband Mark, 62, and daughter Marissa, 27, are among the many victims left in the wake of superstorm Sandy. She found it ironic that a book about Jersey Shore storms would be one of her few surviving possessions.

The rest of her waterfront home looks as though a bomb went off, blasting the 70-inch TV from the wall and sinking the bedroom floor into the ground.

The odd part, Ciullo said, is that some of their items — like cabinets and the kitchen table — are missing.

“The most amazing thing is half our stuff is gone,” she said. “We don’t even know where it is.”

Some of it was taken by looters, other items were washed away or lost under debris. A kitchen chair was found in the bay out back.

And throughout the ordeal, Ciullo has yet to shed a tear for her home. Right now she’s focused on the cleanup — one hour at a time.

“It’s easier that way,” she said. “It’s the only way you’ll make it through.”

She’s also concerned for her family. While daughter Desiree, 31, was fine, her son Ryan, 36, and his family also lost a lot to Sandy.

“You, kind of, tend to feel a little bit worse for your kids than you do yourself,” she said.

Moving forward, Ciullo is preparing a list of damaged items for their insurance, and she and her husband are staying with family and friends. They are hoping to move into a rental by the end of the week.

There is one thing she knows for sure. “Great Storms of the Jersey Shore” will be prominently displayed on her next coffee table — right next to her own book detailing their experiences with Sandy.

“By that time we’ll probably be recovered, rebuilt, and life goes on,” she said.